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Access a curated selection of publications that back up Why Livestock Matter's messages.

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Animal health and welfare for a sustainable livestock sector

Ulf Magnusson, Michael Apley, Sofia Boqvist, Rebecca Doyle

Policy Brief: Animal Welfare, Trade and Sustainable Development Goals

Understanding human and other animal behaviour: Ethology, welfare and food policy

Appleby, M.C. and Mitchell, L.A.

Emerging human infectious diseases and the links to global food production

Jason R. Rohr, Christopher B. Barrett, David J. Civitello, Meggan E. Craft, Bryan Delius, Giulio A. DeLeo, Peter J. Hudson, Nicolas Jouanard, Karena H. Nguyen, Richard S. Ostfeld, Justin V. Remais, Gilles Riveau, Susanne H. Sokolow & David Tilman

Evolution of models to support community and policy action with science: Balancing pastoral livelihoods and wildlife conservation in savannas of East Africa

R. S. Reid, D. Nkedianye, M. Y. Said, D. Kaelo, M. Neselle, O. Makui, L. Onetu, S. Kiruswa, N. Ole Kamuaro, P. Kristjanson, J. Ogutu, S. B. BurnSilver, M. J. Goldman, R. B. Boone, K. A. Galvin, N. M. Dickson, and W. C. Clark

Zoonotic Pathogen Seroprevalence in Cattle in a Wildlife–Livestock Interface, Kenya

Daniel Nthiwa, Silvia Alonso, David Odongo, Eucharia Kenya & Bernard Bett

Targeting Transmission Pathways for Emerging Zoonotic Disease Surveillance and Control

Elizabeth H. Loh Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio Kevin J. Olival Tiffany L. Bogich Christine K. Johnson Jonna A. K. Mazet William Karesh Peter Daszak

Urbanization and Disease Emergence: Dynamics at the Wildlife–Livestock–Human Interface

James M. Hassell Michael Begon Melissa J. Ward Eric M. Fèvre

No food security without food safety: Lessons from livestock related research

Jessie L. Vipham, Kebede Amenu, Silvia Alonso, Jean-Baptiste Ndahetuye, Yacob Zereyesusa, Kizito Nishimwe, Erin Bowers, Dirk Maier, Keshav Sah, Arie Havelaar, Delia Grace

Food safety and public health implications of growing urban food markets

Kang'ethe, Erastus K., Grace, D., Alonso, S., Lindahl, Johanna F., Mutua, F., Haggblade, S.

Why food safety matters to Africa: Making the case for policy action

Jaffee, S., Henson, S., Grace, D., Ambrosio, M., Berthe, F.

Informal milk markets in Kenya, Tanzania and Assam (India): An overview of their status, policy context, and opportunities for policy innovation to improve health and safety

Blackmore, E., Guarín, A., Alonso, S., Grace, D., Vorley, B.

Leveraging informal markets for health and nutrition security

Silvia Alonso, Paula Dominguez-Salas

Whence the next pandemic? The intersecting global geography of the animal-human interface, poor health systems and air transit centrality reveals conduits for high-impact spillover

Preventing the next pandemic: Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission

Moving health to the heart of agri-food policies; mitigating risk from our food systems

Neglected Infections of Poverty in the United States of America

Hotez, P.J.

Endemic zoonoses in the tropics: A public health problem hiding in plain sight

Infectious diseases and agriculture

DUPLICATE One Health in action: Operational aspects of an integrated surveillance system for zoonoses in western Kenya

Does urbanization make emergence of zoonosis more likely? Evidence, myths and gaps

Tackling antimicrobial resistance (‎AMR)‎ together: working paper 5.0: enhancing the focus on gender and equity

Assessing knowledge, beliefs and practices related to the consumption of sheep and goat meat in Senegal

Gender power in Kenyan dairy: Cows, commodities, and commercialization

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of pork consumers in Uganda

The role of gender dimensions in the transmission and control of Rift Valley fever in Uganda

High prevalence of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection among abattoir workers in Kamuli District, Eastern Uganda

Clapping with two hands: Transforming gender relations and zoonotic disease risks through community conversations in rural Ethiopia

Isolation and identification of Listeria species along the milk value chain in one region of Tanzania

Gender perspectives on food safety and nutrition in informal small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia

Poverty and gender aspects of food safety and informal markets in sub-Saharan Africa

Gender roles and food safety in 20 informal livestock and fish value chains

Gender-sensitive participatory risk assessment for food safety.

Helping to heal nature and ourselves through human-rights-based and gender-responsive One Health.

The gender dimensions of a pig disease: African swine fever in Uganda

Dione, M.M., Ochago, R., Ouma, E.A., Lule, P. and Birungi, R.

Gender issues in human, animal and plant health using an ecohealth perspective

Description of risk factors in the formation of hydrocarbons during the traditional fish smoking in Abidjan

Quantifying the transmission of antimicrobial resistance at the human and livestock interface with genomics

No Time to Wait: Securing the future from drug-resistant infections: Report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations

Quantitatively evaluating the cross-sectoral and one health impact of interventions: A scoping review and case study of antimicrobial resistance

Nichola R. Naylor, Jo Lines, Jeff Waage, Barbara Wieland, Gwenan M.Knight

A review of animal health and drug use practices in India, and their possible link to antimicrobial resistance

Are food animals responsible for transfer of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli or their resistance determinants to human populations? A systematic review

Antimicrobial resistance in South East Asia: Time to ask the right questions

Kakkar, M., et al.

Mitigating the risks posed by intensification in livestock production: The examples of antimicrobial resistance and zoonoses

Gilbert, W., et al.

Antimicrobial Resistance: Tackling a crisis for the health and wealth of nations

Pulling Together to Beat Superbugs: Knowledge and Implementation Gaps in Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance

Drug-Resistant Infections: A Threat to Our Economic Future

Benefits of a one health approach: An example using Rift Valley fever. 

Rostal, M.K., et al.

Successes and challenges of the One Health approach in Kenya over the last decade

Peninah M. Munyua, M. Kariuki Njenga, Eric M. Osoro, Clayton O. Onyango, Austine O. Bitek, Athman Mwatondo, Mathew K. Muturi, Norah Musee, Godfrey Bigogo, Elkanah Otiang, Fredrick Ade, Sara A. Lowther, Robert F. Breiman, John Neatherlin, Joel Montgomery & Marc-Alain Widdowson

The urgent need for integrated science to fight COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Moradian, N. et al.

The challenges of investigating antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam – what benefits does a One Health approach offer the animal and human health sectors?

Mitchell, M.E.V., Alders, R., Unger, F., Hung Nguyen-Viet, Trang Thi Huyen Le and Toribio, J.-A.

The One Health approach - why is it so important?

Mackenzie, J.S. and Jeggo, M

One Health in action: Operational aspects of an integrated surveillance system for zoonoses in western Kenya

Falzon, L.C., et al.

Emerging pandemics: Lesson for one‐health approach

Krishna P. Acharya, Supram H. Subramanya, Dinesh Neupane

Risk factors for human disease emergence

Taylor, L.H., Latham, S.M., and Woolhouse, M.E.

Economics of brucellosis impact and control in low-income countries

McDermott, J., Grace, D. and Zinsstag, J.

Livestock and zoonotic disease: Of emerged human disease epidemics, have 75% been of animal origin? And overall, are 60% of human pathogens zoonotic?

Livestock disease production burdens: Does disease cause the preventable death of one in four young ruminants and one in ten mature ruminants each year?

Mapping of poverty and likely zoonoses hotspots

Grace, D., Mutua, F., Ochungo, P., Kruska, R., Jones, K., Brierley, L., Lapar, L., Said, M., Herrero, M., Phuc, P.M., Thao, N.B., Akuku, I. and Ogutu, F.

The business case for One Health

Grace, D.

Zoonoses - From panic to planning

Grace, D., Holley, C., Jones, K., Leach, M., Marks, N., Scoones, I., Welburn, S. and Wood, J.

Decision-support tool for prevention and control of Rift Valley fever epizootics in the Greater Horn of Africa

People, pathogens and our planet: the economics of one health

World Bank

Risk factors for human disease emergence

L H Taylor, S M Latham, M E Woolhouse

What is the connection between infectious diseases in humans and livestock?

Lee-Gammage, S., Atherton, E., Head, J., and Stewart, S.

World Health Organization Global Estimates and Regional Comparisons of the Burden of Foodborne Disease in 2010

Arie H. Havelaar, Martyn D. Kirk, Paul R. Torgerson,Herman J. Gibb,Tine Hald, Robin J. Lake,Nicolas Praet,David C. Bellinger,Nilanthi R. de Silva, Neyla Gargouri, Niko Speybroeck, Amy Cawthorne,Colin Mathers,Claudia Stein,Frederick J. Angulo,Brecht Devleesschauwer.

Animal production and antimicrobial resistance in the clinic

Robinson, T.P., Wertheim, H.F.L., Kakkar, M., Kariuki, S., Bu, D. and Price, L.B.

Tackling Drug-Resistant Infections Globally: final report and recommendations

The review on antimicrobial resistance, chaired by Jim O'Neill

Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals

Boeckel, T.P. Van, Brower, C., Gilbert, M., Grenfell, B.T., Levin, S.A., Robinson, T.P., Teillant, A. and Laxminarayan, R.

Sheep keeping can reduce anaemia in women

Flores-Martinez, A., Zanello, G., Shankar, B., & Poole, N.

Targeted training of market actors can improve food safety even in traditional meat markets

Delia Grace 1, Morenike Dipeolu, Janice Olawoye, Ernest Ojo, Stella Odebode, Michael Agbaje, Gabriel Akindana, Thomas Randolph

Mitigating the risks of zoonotic disease in animals can be economically viable, even when human health gains are not calculated

Fadiga, M.L., Okike, I. and Bett, B. Perry, B., Randolph, T., Bett, B., Grace, D., Globig, A., Fadiga, M., Sones, K., Henning, J., Pali, P., Poole, J., Hannah, H., Ekanem, E., Abdu, P. and Molokwu, C.

Controlling zoonotic diseases, even just vaccination, can have strong and economically viable benefits for both livestock productivity and human health

McDermott, J., Grace, D. and Zinsstag, J. Roth, F., Zinsstag, J., Orkhon, D., Chimed-Ochir, G., Hutton, G., Cosivi, O., Carrin, G., Otte, J.

Receiving livestock assets by households in conflict affected area can improve women’s mental health

Glass N, Perrin NA, Kohli A, Remy MM

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